Saturday, July 08, 2006

My Family

With each hasty word, I draw

one

more

thirsty

twig

From under the pile of desiccating stems
That is my family.

Our precarious perch
Will drop its fruit to the undergrowth,
And the wind will apportion the stench of silence
Between us.

Soon
We will scream back at the din of echoes
That ring against our thatch-work,
And huff.
And puff.
Till we all fall down.

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